August 14, 2014 — Activists trying to save salmon is nothing new. Innovations like the fish ladder have helped salmon return to their birthplace to lay eggs if dams are in their way. A new invention, though, is putting the fish ladder to shame: The salmon cannon will shoot the fish to their homes at incredible speeds.
Whooshh Innovations, a company that rose to fame after using tubes to transport fruit, created the salmon cannon to protect the fish from hydroelectric dams.
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